Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers · Colorado

Border States Electric - Denver

Denver, CO · ~57 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
3.0
Avg TCR
2.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Border States Electric - Denver runs at 134% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers workplace, earning a grade D.

Border States Electric - Denver: 3.0 TCR = 134% of Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS 2.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Border States Electric - Denver safety composite

Border States Electric - Denver scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 50% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 25%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

D

37/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 2.95 per 100 workers

Safer than 39% of industry peers

DART rate
F 3.2 per 100 workers

Safer than 25% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−1.9

2017→2022

Border States Electric - Denver injury rate improved

Border States Electric - Denver's TCR fell 1.9 from 5.1 in 2017 to 3.2 in 2022. Peak filing year was 2017 at 5.1 TCR. In 2022, DART was 1.08× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=5.1 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=3.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 423610 · Denver, CO ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade D · TCR 3.0 · 134% of ind

  • DART 3.2 DART
  • RANK #17/27
  • PHOTO 6340-CODALE-001032_U…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 7 inj
  • SIZE ~57 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 6340-CODALE-001032_US_S0493 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Border States Electric - Denver in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Border States Electric - Denver averages 3.0 TCR (134% of the Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Border States Electric - Denver TCR series: 2017=5.1 · 2020=1.8 · 2021=1.7 · 2022=3.2 · BLS 2.2

Where Border States Electric - Denver falls in its industry

1,190 Construction materials, electr establishments

Safer than 39% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 2.4.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Colorado alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #17 safest of 27 Construction materials, electr employers in Colorado.

Border States Electric - Denver (57 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 050100150200250 05101520 Average employees Total Case Rate Border States Electric - Denver
Border States Electric - Denver (57 employees, TCR 3.0) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 43 employees and a TCR of 2.4

Border States Electric - Denver has more employees than the Construction materials, electrical, merc median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 2.4. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2022 3.2 3.2 2 0 0
2021 1.7 1.7 1 0 0
2020 1.8 1.8 1 0 0
2017 5.1 3.4 3 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

423610 · CO · Denver

1,190 Construction materials, electrical, merchant wholesalers employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,007 rated employers in Colorado with headcount on file · 1,757 employers in Denver, CO · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR 6340-CODALE-001032_US_S0493 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Buckles-Smith Electric Corporate Santa Clara 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Elliott Electric Supply #49 3.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR Little Rock Roosevelt Rd 2.9 TCR
STATE-SIZE Rocky Mountain Tillage LLC.- Steele 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Kuner Feedlot 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Colorado Egg LLC 57 FTE
STATE-SIZE Timber Creek Energy 57 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN DEN 9,832 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6925-DEN 6,769 FTE
CITY-NEAR DEN - Airport United Airlines Offices 5,277 FTE
CITY-NEAR CO-01 4,581 FTE
NAT-TCR Precision Diagnostics 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Multi-Fab Products Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR Destrehan OVC 3.0 TCR
NAT-TCR On Our Own Services, Inc 3.0 TCR
NAT-SIZE HG629 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE 51EC 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE Gulf Stream Corp 57 FTE
NAT-SIZE CareGivers America LLC Lancaster 57 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.